{{Sigh}} Wish I had the option to take other streets. Yea, there are other streets, but they suck. To the west, the next main street is narrower, the lanes are narrower and there is no room for a cyclist between the parked cars and the lane. It's much more crowded feeling and I can see myself getting doored as there is just no room. Desoto (any other west San Fernando CA TErs here?) is nice and wide with wide lanes and a bike route/lane (rare item here for a N/S street). I feel lucky to be working at a business on that street, commuting wise. To the east is another narrower street, no room for cyclists, a hill and college traffic. The MUP that runs E/W, which I do cross about 2 miles from home, was extended and now turns and goes NW 1 block over, but it angles away from work AND does not cut out the part of my ride that passes the construction. All it would do is add maybe a mile to my commute and leave me with the choice of taking Desoto with the road debris or Canoga with no room and more traffic.

Yesterday's ride felt good until I got home. We got some clouds and moisture up from the south, it was somewhat overcast and cooler, maybe upper 80s tops. It had actually rained around noon! Rain in August. A cloudburst. So I rode home at a good clip enjoying the cooler weather, not noticing the high humidity but after getting home I had to peel the clothing off of me. I was soaked; it was so humid the sunblock that was supposed to be water proof had lifted off my face and arms and was pooling in white globs. Road debris was sticking to my gooey legs. Gross.